For me, Galadriel's sentence "I will go West and be just Galadriel" was perplexing. What west, where? Galadriel was really the first female character that I came across in LOTR (isn't that right? She really is the first substantial female character you encounter?) and I read that section of the book with more attention than usual. And this sentence caught my attention and I remember concocting vague explanations of "the west" - it became clear later on. As an aside, when people diss LOTR for its simplicity to me, I bring up this sentence and harp on how this one sentence reflects a completely mythology.

Coming back to the point about Frodo and the meaningless point of his Quest - it never bothered me because for me *This* is what fantasy and stories are all about. The triumph of good over evil, the small guy (third son/daughter) triumphing when everyone expected them to fail. When an act of mercy becomes your salvation a 1000pages later.

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